Now, Ginger's question might appear to be loaded, however, it is the most legitimate I have ever seen asked on this board.
This was, and still is exactly my argument while working as a so called, "integrated" therapist.
One might also ask. How can one get therapy and recover from one's problems when kids can't disclose anything in therapy that the staff do not listen in for and retaliate against them with sick mental cruelty.
As I am told by recent graduates, now confidentiality is not even allowed to the kids when they are with their therapists.
Since I was railroaded out for trying to protect the rights afforded to kids under my professional code of ethics, CEDU management was planning to remove therapist confidentiality and turn therapists into program snitches. So I doubt kids talk to their therapists on any real issue.
Yes, suicidal, homicidal intent, or abuse of children or adults is a mandatory report. It is mandatory to state authorities - not to CEDU risk management as cedu policy asserts. For the record, I always reported to the state, not risk management, because all they ever did was cover up or hide the abuse. And the issue was never the kids - It was always and repeatedly the program staff and managers.
And, me being there is the reason they had to make the changes they did. But, assuredly, that changer were on paper and token. What they were really doing was the usual cover ups and deception like when you made a report of abuse and it was never reported to state authorities as mandated by law.
"CEDU Risk Management" made sure it didn't ever get outside CEDU. The result was riots, child abuse, the closing of "On Track" and Rocky Mountain Academy, a huge drop in general enrollment, and therapist turn over faster than lightning.
